Sakura House
SAKURA HOUSE
Estudio PKa
ARCHITECTS
Estudio PKa
STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
José Luis Pisani
PHOTOGRAPHS
Alejandro Peral
LEAD ARCHITECTS TEAM
Ignacio Pessagno, Lilian Kandus
DESIGN TEAM COLLABORATORS
Lucila López, Denise Andreoli, Belén Luna Crook, Vanesa Rolón, Barbara Schubert, Denise Bardelli, Melany D’Angelo
CATEGORY
Houses
LOCATION
Belén De Escobar, Argentina
AREA
450 m²
YEAR
2020
Surrounded by the Argentine Delta, implanted in a trapezoidal lot, overlooking a lagoon; Its north orientation, towards one of its sides, generated the inclusion of a light patio with abundant vegetation, which we also use as the entrance.
It works as an articulator; as a transition between the street and the access to the house, it is the heart of it and all the circulations turn towards this space.
The west-facing façade has a sliding gate that is hidden when it opens, with the intention of generating a scenographic sensation towards pedestrian access through a path that changes its forms.
The idea is to go through different sensations: first, we can appreciate the music room, with different instruments used by the family, which also eventually opens onto a multipurpose space, generating flexibility of environments.
We continue walking and we find the central patio with abundant vegetation and the entrance door that is hierarchized with a wooden paneling that manages to make it go unnoticed.
If we keep moving forward, we can cross below a floating volume, which is the clients' home office space, which in turn has a balcony to the double-height of the living room.
This semi-covered frames the landscape and directs us towards the pool where the water mirror merges with the lagoon.
From there we can enter the gallery directly, without going through the house.
On the south side, all services and supports are located. The materialization of the house is of exposed concrete of boards combined with phenolic; It has a double wall, rpt dvh aluminum openings and travertine floors.
The staircase is one of the main elements, it is located in the entrance hall and in contrast to the exposed concrete that has its natural imprint, it unfolds in a light and warm way.
They are loose steps, in-flight, and by means of an embedment system they give the sensation of being in flight.
